his kind of gospel might not be sopho aristophilosophy this man might not be dream in baritone like king or dangerous like us black folk all kind of thought malcolm was but never said he might not bring healthcare world peace race peace education unpoverty a revolution to his country this country the world anyone […]

This from Neil Boyack, via SPUNC: Just thought I’d give you an update regarding the only short story festival in Australia, The Newstead Short Story Tattoo. This is an event that will celebrate the short story in many of it’s forms, and it will be held in Newstead, Victoria during May 2009. I am looking […]

Overland is a member of SPUNC, the Small Press Underground Networking Community. SPUNC describes itself as follows: SPUNC exists to advance the interests of the Australian small and independent publishing sector, and to facilitate cooperation between members of that sector. SPUNC intends to work towards achieving the following goals: To network and support the efforts […]

With the deadline for the Overland Judith Wright Poetry Prize for Emerging Writers looming, here’s an announcement about the results of another poetry award. It is with great pleasure that the Trustees of the Barrett Reid Bequest, Richard Haese and Richard Llewellyn, announce that the inaugural Barrett Reid Award for Poetry of $5,000 has been […]

Overland 54 was a special edition dedicated solely to poetry about the Vietnam war. Part of the introduction ran as follows: The Australian presence in Vietnam was born in deceit. It was a shabby attempt to buy insurance concealed behind a smokescreen of cold war rhetoric. The purpose was not to protect South Vietnam; it […]

We’re trying to update the blog roll on the new site. At the moment, it’s just been cut and pasted from the old home page.  If you think your site should be added to the links, please let us know.

Another reminder about the Overland Judith Wright Poetry Prize for New and Emerging Poets, sponsored by the Malcolm Robertson Foundation. Applications are closing very soon, so if you intend to enter, click here ASAP. The conversation between Antony Loewenstein and Christos Tsiolkas with which Overland 193 will be launched promises to be an exciting event, […]

China Miéville’s selection of radical SF titles has been kicking around the intertubes for years but it’s still worth reposting, both because it’s a great introduction to some fantastic books, and because it provides an excuse to link to Rjurik Davidson’s interview with China and Kim Stanley Robinson in Overland 188. That issue also contains […]

From Friends of the ABC: ABC Cuts to Radio National Radio National plans cuts to 10 programs. Specialist programs gone in 2009 will be: The Media Report, The Religion Report, The Sports Factor, Radio Eye, The Ark, In Conversation, Street Stories and Perspective. Short Story will rely more on repeats from the past. Australia Talks […]

A nice review of Overland 192 at Angela Meyer’s Literary Minded, a recent addition to Crikey’s growing empire of blogs. The guts of it are below, with links added to the relevant pieces. Bookmark Literary Minded here. Overland is an Australian literary journal that has been around for over fifty years. It claims to be […]

Overland Overloaded From 1 September to 15 September 2009, the Overland blogsite was crashed by poetry. You can see some of the highlights archived here, here, here, here, here, here and here. Why should I subscribe to Overland? Where can I buy Overland? How can I write for Overland?

This is the new website for Overland, Australia’s radical literary magazine. You can now subscribe and renew your subscription online, sign up for an Overland e-bulletin or join in the discussion forum. You can also read all the content from the latest edition (including the controversial debate between Ken Gelder and Peter Craven), as well […]

If you’re planning to buy Christmas presents for any of your leftie friends this year, have a look at the 3CR Seeds of dissent 2009! calendar. It combines radical poster art with significant dates in Australian politics, from Invasion day to Speak Like A Pirate day. All proceeds go towards keeping community radio on the […]

This is announcement from Michael Crane, the well-known Melbourne poet: The Paradise Anthology presents Poetry Idol 2009. First prize $2000 plus 2 x $500 runner ups with the finalists to perform at the 2009 Age Melbourne Writers Festival. All heat winners will be published in the Paradise Anthology – go to www.paradiseanthology.com. Come to the […]

From Crikey: 11 . GOP’s scary anti-Obama nuts unleashed Jeff Sparrow, editor of Overland writes: It is a toss-up which is scarier: the clips in which John McCain allows his supporters to shout “Terrorist!” and “Kill him!” at Barack Obama or the clips in which he tries to calm them. In the former, you see […]

Jeff Sparrow, editor of Overland writes: In his The Great Derangement, the American journalist Matt Taibbi embeds first with evangelical Christians and then with a gaggle of 9/11 Truthers. It’s worth the book’s cover price for the scene in which, asked by a demon expelling-pastor to recount a childhood trauma, Taibbi goes blank and confesses, […]